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What I want you to know about modesty, shaming and blaming

September 25, 2015

What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here.  Today’s guest post is by Kate Kikel. I was in college at OSU. I was walking down High Street with a friend, eating some Flying Pizza. I maintain that it’s the best pizza around OSU and even though my . . .

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What I want you to know about reviving a dead marriage

September 23, 2015

What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here.  Today’s guest post is by Charity Craig.  Only minutes after my mother-in-law arrived, there was a knock at the door. She returned, “there’s an officer here to serve you your divorce papers”. The . . .

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What I want you to know about being depressed

September 22, 2015

What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here.  Today’s guest post is by Terry. “Are you having sad thoughts?” Asked the psych PA as she was monitoring my gradual weaning from Paxil. I made the choice to do this because I have been feeling so good. . . .

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What I want you to know about marriage survival

September 18, 2015

What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here.  Today’s guest post is by Kristin M. LIFE AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL. There was a share once going around - The Lies and Truth About Marriage, and I think it's fairly accurate. Last night we dressed up, had . . .

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What I want you to know about living with an anxiety disorder

September 16, 2015

What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here.  Today’s guest post is by Jordan. What I want you to know is when I say "I have anxiety," it is so much more than being overly worried or fearful about something in my life. It's not about worrying . . .

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What I want you to know about motherhood and power

September 14, 2015

What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here.  Today’s guest post is by Jennifer Cho Salaff. She waits for me to come home. "When's Mommy going to be baaaaaack?" she cries softly to her daddy. "I miss Mommy!!!" I've only been gone for 45 . . .

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What I want you to know about healing after horrific events

September 11, 2015

What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here.  Today’s guest post is by Melissa Moore. I am no stranger to lingering despair and isolation. On an ordinary spring afternoon in 1995, the father I relied on as a provider, who read me bedtime stories as a . . .

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What I want you to know about my eating disorder

September 9, 2015

What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here.  Today’s guest post is by Kelsey Butcher. In conversations I have had about my history with anorexia and bulimia, people tend to have the same two questions: “What caused it?” and “How did you . . .

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What I want you to know about interacting with a child with a mental disability

September 8, 2015

What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here.  Today’s guest post is by Petra. What I want you to know is that when my 6 1/2 year old is having a meltdown in the grocery store it's because she has sensory processing disorder. Her brain thinks that . . .

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What I want you to know about raising a severely impaired child

September 4, 2015

What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here.  Today’s guest post is by Jessica Ronne. “Why didn’t you bring Luke?”My husband and I often hear this question voiced from well-meaning folks and there’s not a simple answer just like Luke is not a . . .

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